Champagne glass in hand, Nigel Farage grins broadly as he limbers up to the podium at Britain’s Cheltenham racecourse. The political veteran has much to celebrate, with Reform UK, the right-wing populist party he leads, having secured a seismic electoral breakthrough at Thursday’s local elections. Scores of town halls have turned Reform turquoise as millions…
Labour is facing “fierce battles” to retain control in at least 12 London boroughs at the May local elections, says a leading pollster. Lord Hayward expects Sir Keir Starmer’s party to have a “torrid time” as it seeks to defend more than 1,150 seats out of just over 1,800 up for grabs in London. Now,…
LONDON — Nigel Farage, the leader of Britain’s hard-right Reform UK party, said Tuesday that if he wins the next election he will leave the European Convention on Human Rights and immediately detain and deport anyone who arrives in the country illegally, including children. Farage laid out his plans following a significant rise in migrants who arrive…
The Court of Appeal will on Thursday hear the Home Office’s legal challenge against the High Court’s decision last week to move migrants out of a hotel in Epping. Its case will be heard alongside the challenge from Somani Hotels Limited, the owner of the Bell Hotel in Epping in Essex, which is also seeking…
Pedestrians walk past an electronic board showing the Hang Seng Index, in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong, on Feb 26, 2025. (ANDY CHONG / CHINA DAILY) HONG KONG – Maintaining market trading during extreme weather and other reform measures have made Hong Kong’s financial market more brisk and competitive, Chief Executive John Lee said in…